It is with great sadness that the Lord President has learned of the untimely death of Lord Jones. Although appointed to the bench relatively recently, his contribution was a substantial one, most recently in the Commercial Court. The care which he took over the preparation of his judgments in complex litigation was a particular feature of his work. He will be sadly missed by all of his colleagues in Parliament House and beyond. Our thoughts are with his wife Fiona and family at this time.

The continued preliminary hearing in the case of Her Majesty’s Advocate v Craig Whyte and others, assigned for Monday 1 February 2016, has been discharged. A new diet has been assigned and the case will now call at 10am on Tuesday 2 February 2016 at the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh.